Waistband-fastener



(No Model.)

' J. EWIG.

WAISTBAND FASTENER.

No. 408,300. Patented Aug. 6, 1889.

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UNITED STATES ATENT rricn.

.IOI-IN EWIG, OF VVASI'IINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO OTTOMAR MENGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

'WAlSTBAND-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,300, dated August 6, 1889.

Application filed Novemher Q, 1887. Renewed July 1, 1889. $eriel No. 816,166. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EWIG, a citizen of Washington, residing; at lVashin gton, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waistband- Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved fastening for the meeting parts of garments, and is more especially intended for the fly of pantaloons, and is in the nature of an improvement on the device for which I applied for Letters Patent on the 8th day of June, 1887, which application was allowed the 27th day of June, 1887, and has for its obj eet to provide a fastening that may be quickly and easily applied to 'the garment, and when so applied the meeting parts of the garment may be readily and securely fastened one to the other.

To this end my invention consists in the fastening hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims, due reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings, wherein p Figure 1 is a perspective view showiu g the fastening device attached to a garment; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the hook; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the hook from the rear; Figs. 4 and 5, modifications of the catch; Fig. 45, a view of the blank from which the catch is made; Fig. (i, a longitudinal section of the catch Fig. 7, a side elevation of the catch, and Fig. 8 a modification thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicates one member of my fastening, consist-ing of a piece of sheet metal rounded at one end and havinga semicircular slot in said end. Said slotted and rounded end is bent over and back upon the body of the member A to form a hook l5, and is bent so as to leave shoulders e projecting beyond the edge of the body A, for the purpose hereinafter described.

The base or body portion of the member A securing the blanks together.

is provided with perforations a for the passage of the threads employed for securing the member to the garment.

C indicates the other member of my fastening, consisting in one instance, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, of a plate perforated at each end for the passage of the threads employed in securing the sameto the garment, and in the other instance it consists of a staple, as shown in Figs. a, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the drawings, constructed as follows: I take two blanks C, of the form shown in Fig. 4, each consisting of a bodyportion c, and provided at each end with a prong a, and secure the two blanks together by soldering or riveting the body portions together, or otherwise suitably fastening them one to the other. The prongs a are then bent at right angles to the body portion 0.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a'simple method of In this method the blanks are laid one upon the other, and the ends of the bodyportion c are bent back upon themselves, as shown at c, and the prongs a then bent at right angles to the body portion 0.

In Fig. 8 is shown a modified fOl'lllOf c011- struction of the staple. As shown in this figure, 0 indicates the body portion, and a the prongs. Each pair of prongs consists of a piece of sheet metal bent at its middle to form the prongs and then bent at right angles to the prongs, as at a Fig. 8. The ends of the body portion 0 are then bent over the bent portions of the prongs with considerable p ressure, firmly uniting the prongs with the body portion 0.

\Vhen used on some kinds of material, I find that the edges of the prongs a are liable to cut the cloth, and to prevent this I provide the prongs a with ears a (see Figs. 4 and 5,)

which are bent back upon the prongs, form-- ing on said prongs at the point where they penetrate the cloth rounded edges, thus obviating all liability of the cloth being cutby thesharp edges of the prongs.

The fastening is applied to a. garment as follows: The body portion of the member A is placed betweenthe two layers of cloth forming the edge of the garment in such a mancloth are not sufficiently supported by the threads, and to remedy this defect I cut away the center of the hook to form a slot 1), as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and3 of the drawings, and the hook portion B is so bent over upon the body portion A as to leave shoulders c e proj ect-' ing beyond the said body portion A, which allows the two layers of cloth on each side of the member A to meet slightly beyond the edge of the member A, and permits the cloth atits edges to be stitched through said slot, thus not only permitting the cloth to be stitched substantially a ong its entire edge, but also assisting in firmly securing the member A in place. To the edge of the garment opposite the hook B is secured the catch 0. As shown in Fig. 1, the catch consists simply of a plate perforated at each end and secured to the cloth by threads passing through. the perforations.

As shown in Figs. 5, G, '7, and 8, and as be-- together said edges are brought together and the hook B passed under the catch C in the usual manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a garment fastening, the combination, with a catch 0, of the plate A, having the rounded hook B, provided with a semicircular slot and the shoulders e 6, said plate A being perforated at a a, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

2. In a garment-fastening, the combination, with the plate A, provided with the hook B, of the catch 0, consisting of two plates having prongs at each end, said plates being secured one to the other and the prongs bent at right angles thereto, substantially in the manner shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

3. In a garment-fastening, the combination, with the plate-A, provided with the hook B, of the catch 0, consisting of the body 0, having prongs a at each end, said prongs beingprovided with ears a substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN EWIG. 

